launch day . a new look, a sale, and a giveaway

you guys, it’s finally here.

after an amazing eight years photographing hundreds of weddings and families as pink sugar photography, it’s time i step out from behind the brand and just be me.

i’m so excited to introduce my new branding, my new website, and myself. (hi! i’m andrea.) same person, same crazy love of photography, but now you can find everything i love all in one place — my portfolio, tons of new content, my blog for client sessions and my personal blog featuring daily-ish photographs of my little family, our adventures, and our favourite things. grab a drink, get comfortable and take a peek around; there’s so much to see!

giant thanks to nikki and shannon of gimme that it for pushing me out of my comfort zone, making my vision a reality (and even better than i ever could have imagined it), and putting up with my type a/nit picky/indecisive/need to be in control at all times tendencies. you made the process so fun and i couldn’t be happier with the final result.

the sale

from now until sunday, march 22 at 11:59pm, when you mention this blog post in your inquiry, you can save:

$150 when you prepurchase the digital files for any 2015 lifestyle session,

$250 on partial day wedding coverage for 2015 weddings, and

$500 on any full day 2015 wedding booking.

the giveaway

thank you so much to all of you who have supported me, followed along with my work and family, and trusted me with your beautiful weddings and amazing families over the past eight years; i am so excited to share this new chapter with you.

Shannon Breen -My Husband Tyler & I are coming up to our 5 year Wedding Anniversary on April 23, 2015. We live a super busy life with our 3 beautiful children (Declan 3yrs, Kian 2yrs, and Ellie almost 11 months old). It would be so amazing and special to be able to celebrate our Anniversary & our Daughter’s 1st Birthday (April 20th), by having you capture & document our crazy little family!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 10:38 pm

Erin Daly-I have loved your photos forever! Since your blog all about Miss Lila! I love your style, all of the goodies that you love for kiddos and every.single.picture you take! Your blog is so fun to read and I get such creative and fun ideas to try. My little guy loves the books from your book club and I love ordering the unique items you blog about. Not only would we LOVE to have your photos in our home forever but my daughter is turning the big 1 in July and my little guy will be 3 1/2. Special photos and these moments with the kids would be cherished for a lifetime. Love the new website! Thank you!!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 11:09 pm

Kate Thiel-I would love to win a session to capture my little family and the growth and progress we’ve made. When I got married 6 years ago, I thought for sure by now I would have four little ones to chase after. I never expected to get sick on honeymoon, or to only have one child (that I am beyond grateful for!) As I battle this illness,I would like to capture what Lyme has NOT taken from us:our love for each other. Thank you for this opportunity!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 1:10 pm

Oksana-Photos are so important to us but it’s hard to get away from being behind a camera. We would be so honoured to be photographed by you and so lucky to have a proper family photo to display in our home!ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 2:07 am

Jeff Chester-We are taking a family trip to Drumheller and would love to have that documented! We are driving there from Winnipeg and picking my son up in Calgary! ( He lives in BC but is flying to Calgary.) It would be great to have some amazing photos when our whole family is together!ReplyCancel

March 22, 2015 - 4:23 am

Melissa-I would be absolutely over the moon excited to win a session with you. Your work is amazing and I love your style. My husband and I would love for you to come to our home in Revelstoke and photograph our little family. We have a three year old son and a five month old girl. Fingers and toes crossed big time on this one!!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:30 am

Karly -I’m hoping this is the right place to put my blog comment for your question – “tell me something special about your family that you would like documented?”

We just had our first child on Valentine’s Day! Her name is Lila (I fell in love with the name after reading your blog on pinksugarland and even asked you for advice on instagram on how to convince my husband to like the name – luckily I was persistent and he grew to like it!) The only reason I am awake at this hour and checking out your new website is because I know she’ll be waking up right away to eat! I love your photography and would love a session with you to document this exciting time in our life with our new little family. Website looks great and can’t wait to see more!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:55 am

andrea -you’ve done it exactly right 🙂 and that is so fun! (my husband’s birthday is valentine’s day as well, so i think it’s a pretty awesome day to be born.)ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:36 am

Kylie P. -I’m so excited for your new brand! I have a family of all boys, and I would love to document the fun we have together.ReplyCancel

Toni Edge-I was raised by my Grandma. She now has dementia and I’m her primary care giver. While she isn’t so bad yet. I can see her slipping away more and more each day. As a photographer myself I realize I need to document this time more. It is just so hard to find time amongst all the daily necessities of life. I’d love to win a session.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:53 am

pennie -Two. We have two kids and hubby has been to the “spa” if you know what I mean. I am loved by a boy and never knew I wanted a girl. HHaving 1 of each is quite amazing. I feel lucky and would love to document it for like ever.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:54 am

Kyla -I am convinced that my little family is in a stage that I wish I could pause. I would love for you to capture this time of life with my little loves.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:55 am

Lis -I recently moved in with my significant other and we have merged our families. It’s been hard and amazing. We have five kids between us, four of them under 7. I’ve admired your photography for a long time. Congrats!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:58 am

Jenna Hobbs-I want my family documented at this time. The twins are still so small and Breastfeeding. My two year old who still has her baby curls and calls our goats dotes. My five year old who thinks her mom is a princess. Because I know that these things won’t last. Won’t be the same for long. And I want to remember. 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:59 am

Erin -I love your work & have been following you as Pink Sugar – I’m excited to see this next chapter. Congrats!
What I would love documented is me with my son. I’m a single mom, he’s my only baby & is my little miracle. I take pics of him all the time and capture as many moments as I can of him with friends & family. But there’s no one to capture him and I together and I have just a few iPhone selfies of us. He’s 2 months old today & I would love nothing more than to have this precious time documented 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:59 am

Melissa N. -I love your style of work and how well you capture families. My family likes to explore and laugh in every adventure we have and to have photos that capture that would be amazing. Thank you so much for this opportunity and congrats on the rebrand!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 7:01 am

Katie -My mom battled and beat double breast cancer and a double mastectomy last year. She said that the joy of her two granddaughters kept her fighting every day. It would be amazing to capture images of her with her granddaughters who mean the world to her!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 7:01 am

Mallory-Andrea, congratulations! I’ve been a long follower of Lila Was Here then Pink Sugarland and how Hankiland. Can’t wait to see what is in store for your sweet family.

My husband’s work has taken us to Germany for 3 years. With that comes many, many challenges and heartbreaks – being away from our families, me leaving my job, a pilot husband who’s schedule keeps him away from home more than we’d like – but as a family rule we like to focus on the positive. So instead of dwelling on the difficulties of living in a completely foreign culture, we revel in it. We travel as much as we possibly can, and love every minute of it (which, with a 2 year old and pregnant mama in tow, isn’t always as easy as it seems). We enjoy experiencing the world and different cultures together, exposing our son to the world, and becoming true citizens of the world. I would love to capture this time in our lives – the chaotic traveling years. Who knows if we’ll always cast our net so wide when it comes to world travel, but right now, while it is so easy, we can. My son’s favorite place in the world is the Tour Eiffel. His favorite pretend games to play are riding in buses, metros, and street cars. He loves croissants in all shapes in sizes. And to me, the culture he is experiencing make everything else worth it.

Chelsey -I’m usually the one behind the camera-snapping away, trying to capture all the sweet little moments and firsts. I would love a chance to be in some with my husband & our two babes 😉ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 7:12 am

Kara-I love the new site! I’ve so enjoyed following alone with your blog and instagram ever since I discovered them a year or two ago. Thanks for the awesome giveaway. I would absolutely love for you to capture my little family. I have two girls (1 and 3 years old), and they have the sweetest relationship, that I would love to see you capture. Thanks!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 7:22 am

Coralie-I really want to win this but wont enter because I can’t get you to NZ, and can’t make it to Canada this year 🙂 ONE DAY I will come to Canada and you will take photos of my most awesome family. I promise. We will go camping next to a lake (since there’s no ocean) and spend the whole photo shoot running in and out of the water which is what we love the most.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 7:22 am

Carolyn -What I wouldn’t give to have you document our family with our newest addition!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 7:27 am

Catherine-we haven’t had the opportunity to have complete family pictures since our child was bird. I am dying for professional pictures of her with her pup (along with us parents).ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 7:32 am

Jen -You’ve been on my short list of photogs I’d love to capture my family. They say it goes too fast bc… It does. I want to freeze all the joy that oozes from their little pours.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 8:20 am

Nicole O -We are a family of three, our son just turned 1 year old. We love being outside as much as possible and would love to document our time outside playing and loving life.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 8:58 am

Sfella -I would love to capture the gratefulness and love we have for our three healthy children.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 9:11 am

Tarrin -I would love to document the little details in life you forget so quickly especially on my growing babies. Chubby cheeks, half grins, laughter. Most important the connection between brothers, mother and son,father and son. I have 3 boys 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 9:26 am

MARI CARMEN -Beautifull Andrea!!
So exciting for you and for all of us||
:))ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 11:08 am

Stacy-Congratulations on the new everything! I just went through the very same thing with my business about a month ago! I really wanted my work to just be me and not my funky business name :). Your work is beyond inspiring to me on so many levels and I admire you so much as an artist, a person and a mommy. I have two littles of my own and always want our family pictures to capture the insane love parents have for their babies. There is nothing like it in the world. It’s not even something you can put into words. But you can definitely put it into pictures <3. We live down in the states – but my hubs has always wanted to take a family vacation to Canada so this would be the perfect excuse. Fingers crossed!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 11:20 am

Brittony-You’re an inspiration – thanks for sharing so much of your every day life along with your big sessions. If you photographed my family I would want you to capture a good belly laugh.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 11:34 am

Lexi Wharem-With a 4 year old and a 6 month old, every day is a special day I’d love to capture!! Love the new branding!!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 11:38 am

Stacy-My family has been experiencing growing pains for a little while now. I have two girls, one who is a preteen, and the other who is growing up but is the baby of the family. Lately it seems like all we do is argue and fight. The girls struggle to get along and it’s frustrating to be together sometimes. I would love a family session that showcases what it’s like when things are good. When the love shines through. I know a photo session is probably the worst idea to conjure up feelings of love and happiness. I know the stress involved, but that’s why you’re the best person for the job!! Just an hour or so to hang out. No pressure. No perfect wardrobe. Just us enjoying each other’s company.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 11:51 am

Teri -We just welcomed the newest member of our family in December, and would love of family photo session of our family of 3 (4, including Bruce the Dog)ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 12:36 pm

Sara Murray -congratulations Andrea! Your new site is amazing and suites you well. I’m having fun looking through everything. It’s been pretty cool to be able to follow you and your photography through the last 8 years. Wishing you a ton more success in the future.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 12:50 pm

Melissa -Right now, my son doesn’t “talk”, however has been very keen on big wraparound hugs and vocalizing a sound like this “mmmmwah”! I’d love a photo of that shot in time.xoReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 12:51 pm

Melissa Thiessen -I absolutely love your work and have been following you for years now. I’m not sure there is anything special in particular I want you to capture except just our normal everyday life because I think that in itself is pretty special. I have two small boys, 4 and 1.5 and I so desperately don’t want to forget them at
This age and our life (although it feels at times hectic!) I would love for YOU to capture that:) love the new look!!! CongratsReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 12:53 pm

Alison R -My mom has just been handed down some horrible cancer news and I’d love to document our family along with her, while she still feels good, and looks the way she would like to look. We usually have photographs of joyful events, and while this is a bit different, these precious memories are so important to have. I think you captured the phrasing best – I want to be able to capture our love.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 12:56 pm

April -congratulations Andrea! I would love you to photograph our little family, the missing teeth, piggie tails and giggles too. xoReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 12:59 pm

Adrea Hamdan -Congratulations! I too have been following you for years. I love that you see the joy and photograph the simplest things in life (a bath in the kitchen sink), b/c us other Mom’s do it too – we just don’t always document it!
I would love a family session b/c our family is complete, and I want to try and mark each year or season with who my girls are at that moment as they grow up. My husband and I too, b/c we are still growing and learning as they do!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 1:04 pm

Kristin -We are expecting our third babe and would love for you to capture the love and excitement we are feeling.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 1:11 pm

Cheyanne Rudmik-Something I would like documented…lets see there is so much the way my kids interact, their excitement, their smiles, their joy but really what I would like captured is me and my family to show that I actually am a part of the family rather then the one always taking the pictures. Ha.ReplyCancel

kate -Andrea, I don’t remember how it is that I stumbled onto your instagram page but I’m so glad I did. When my husband and I got married we wanted to have children right away. I soon found out that because of my medical conditions, that may not be so easy and we ended up having to go through a fertility clinic. This September marks our fifth wedding anniversary and we are half way there to our second “surprise” baby. Andrea, I’ve admired your photography for so long and it would be my absolute dream come true to have you capture our little family.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 1:25 pm

Kayla Dahl -Andrea!

A very hanki launch indeed, so beautiful and perfectly captures you. Something I would adore to have captured is the birthday of my grandpa, m’s papa, he is turning 95 this summer. Not your average grandpa either, name a topic and you have a debate on your hands. This man is very special to us and images of his joy as well as people who have been lucky enough to say they love and know him coming to celebrate a life. So happy for you!! It turned out incredible, just like your work! Congrats!!!!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 1:31 pm

Rosanna -Congrats Andrea!! If we won, we’d love to get new family pictures since we just had a new baby!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 1:32 pm

Laura holm -What a wonderful question to ask. My first response is why not? We are a not so normal, slightly crazy, always cookie, family who usually has some new adventure in the wings. However we are rarely all in one picture besides the odd selfie. Our life will be having a few special first s coming up as my youngest will be turning 1 on the best day of April fools. It would be a privilege and honour to have you capture such a wonderful first or capture one of our crazy adventures.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 1:36 pm

Jen Martin -Congrats Andrea! My hubby and I have three kids…and they are growing so fast!!! We find ourselves wanting to pause time lately because we are at such a fun stage in their lives..aged 9, 6, and 4 there is never a dull moment…it would be so awesome to pause time through a photo, capturing the unique personalities of each child and the laughter we so often hear in our house….and to be able to look back at this this any time we want would be a true blessing. I’m sure most families feel the same :-)) Good luck to all! xoxoReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 1:38 pm

Marlene -We would love a family session! We just had our second baby in January and now we have 2 beautiful boys. We would love to have pictures of our newly expanded family 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 1:38 pm

Melissa -I would love to document my little humans first birthday! My parents will be visiting to celebrate Easter and catch up with the kids. Would love to have photos of our family! Especially since we have loved your photography since our first was just an embryo!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 1:40 pm

Angela Pellerin -Hi Andrea! We would love to have our family moments captured in the cherry blossoms for our sons 2nd birthday. We’ve never had family photos taken 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 1:50 pm

Kellie -I’ve been following you for years. I love how you can capture a moment and it’s magical! I would love for you just just be able to capture my family, the love between my two boys, my oldest bigger than life personality and fun we all have together.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 1:51 pm

JULIE -Congrats Andrea. Reese just turned 8 – hard to believe it was that long ago when you started capturing our family story. We’ve been wanting to touch base to set something up for our “every two year family photo” – so let me know what your spring/summer is looking like. Love reading this, thanks for sharing.

Jaclyn S -Hi Andrea, I would love updated family photos by you. Something I would like documented is some photos of just me and my son. I am always the one taking the pictures and feel like there are very few photos of just me and him that are not self taken. Im sure many moms can relate to that one!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:01 pm

Molli Dunbar -togetherness. My family it’s all over the country currently my son and I are in Atlanta my daughter is in Miami my fiance is in Michigan and his daughter is in Canada. we are only together a few times a year and it would be great have the opportunity for you to capture that for us!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:01 pm

Amy -We have two boys (3 and 9mths) they are at the stage where they absolutely adore one another. Don’t know how long that will last though. Lol. Would love to capture that in a family session with you! Congrats on the launch!!!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:02 pm

Cindy -I would just love the everyday to be captured, so I never forget the days of my kids being “my littles”.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:04 pm

Bee-Congratualtions Andrea! Your website is absolutely perfect!! Although my children have been well documented, I would love pictures of us all together…I would love them to remember what I looked like and how I looked at them. We are fortunate to have a special little island getaway where we spend our summers together running amuck in the sunshine. It would be a dream to have a session done there. Big love…and here’s hoping❤️ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:06 pm

Laura -Andrea, your photography is so beautiful! I love every picture you take! I had a very special and close relationship with my mom growing up. Unfortunately I lost her five years ago and she did not get to meet my daughter Evelyn, who now carries her name Adele as her middle name. I would love for you to document the special bond that My husband and I now share with our daughter, carrying on my mothers legacy of love ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:07 pm

Marie -The bond between a mother and daughter is what I would love to have documented by you! There is something special about that bond. New website looks great! Light, airy feel to it. Congrats on the new launch!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:09 pm

Rebecca -My family has only had photos once I would love a session to showcase the connection we share. Having three boys makes us all quite active and wild. lol it we love to laugh and have fun! Thank you for the opportunity.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:14 pm

Justine -so many congrats my dear friend! What a beautiful new brand!! I would like to document my wee family as they are the loves of my life! xoReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:18 pm

Lila -Andrea! The last photos I have of me and my boys are three years old… I would love to have you document some new memories 🙂 ones where my kids don’t ask who’s in the picture because it’s been so long they don’t recognize themselves or me! HahaReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:22 pm

Laurie -Congratulations on your new site! An exciting day for you. We would absolutely love to win a session, because you are on our family “bucket list” of photographers who I want to document our family love and fun.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:23 pm

Christy Ford -Hi Andrea! Congratulations on your rebranding. I love the feel of the new site! I’ve been yearning to have a family session done by you ever since I saw the photos you took of my brother, his wife, and their four ninja boys at Hastings Lake. You are a true artist (in case you didn’t already know.) We have three beautiful children that basically live outside. I take approximately 5000 pictures of them daily. Every day is a new adventure, and we can’t wait to have you capture some moments for us!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:25 pm

TaraMcK -I would like the relationships between my family members documented. Its not easy in a blended family and we are growing and changing so much. my oldest is on the verg of becoming a teen and my youngest is growing up i leaps and bounds and it feels like just yesterday when my okdest was born.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:28 pm

Sarah -I would love family pictures because I am always the one taking the pics ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:29 pm

Angie -We are building and moving into a new house. We are putting so much time and energy into making this our home, and I would love the end result documented. Your work is absolutely beautiful. I am a HUGE fan.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:30 pm

Wendi Cowne -Special thing about my family that I would like documented….

The little touches that we give each other throughout the day to show our affection.
As I walk past my husband while he’s reading in his chair, I run my fingers through his hair.
As my husband leaves for work, he picks up our giant 8-year-old for a huge hug and her hands instinctively make their way to his ear lobes. This earlobe thing is something that she’s done since she was tiny. She does it to me, too.
I watch her sleep sometimes, as most mothers do.
We have dance parties in our living room after a particularly successful dinner. While I’m preparing dinner, my husband sits at the bar and chats with me, whilst refilling my wine glass as needed.
We hold hands often and my closed fist fits inside of his giant hands entirely.

I honestly would just love a documentation of a day in the life of my little family, so that I might remember when I’m old, those little touches, the earlobe rubs, the dancing, and everything in between.ReplyCancel

Erin -Hello! My name is Erin and I’m and Andrea Hanki addict!!! I have loved you and your work for YEARS now. At the risk of sounding creepy, I’m constantly looking forward to seeing new posts on your Instagram feed every day! Lol! I specifically adore the way you capture families and children. Your love and passion for kids and your ability to bring out there best is so apparent in all of your photos! I recently had a beautiful baby girl named Ellie. Gosh, she’s cute 😉 My little family of 3 would be so honoured to be photographed by you if we were to win! And I promise Ellie would bring all kinds of warm baby fuzzies your way throughout the shoot!!! Nothing like the absolute best photographing the most important people in my world!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:36 pm

Mori -Our family (okay maybe just me, not my crazy un-cooperative littles) would LOVE to win a photo session as I would love someone to document the connection that we have. I love how you capture “real” moments. That’s what makes a photo special.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:36 pm

Lindsay Ross-First off, congrats on your new photo journey! The site/blog look fantastic (no surprise there) I look forward to continuing to be inspired by your incredible view on the world.
It gives me goosebumps to even think of how I would feel if I won a photo session with you….I came across your beautiful work back when I was pregnant with our son Connor 6 years ago. You and I were in an online forum together while we waited to become Mamas for the very first time. 3 years after Connor was born, we discovered that he had a large brain tumour and needed immediate surgery to remove the tumour. I was pregnant with our daughter and it was such a scary and uncertain time for us as a family. Our sweet boy taught us what bravery and strength look like as he kicked his tumour’s butt…never complaining once! We are now a family of 5 as we welcomed our third and final member of the family 1 year ago. I would love nothing more than to capture our complete family and celebrate love and health.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:37 pm

Kelsey Lander -My little guy is one year old and he’s constantly changing! I just would love to have our family stuck in pictures at this amazingly fun age! And I love your work!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:38 pm

Amber Amandi-I love your work & following the sweet pictures of your kids on IG & your blog <3. We have three littles as well & I would just love to freeze time with images of them. And get all 5 of us in the frame 😉ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:39 pm

Kasie LeBlanc -I am pregnant with our second child, due in September. I would love some family pictures after the birth. A newborn/family lifestyle session!!!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:40 pm

Kelly -I’ve been following you on IG for a long time. I adore the happiness and life you bring to your work, and I LOVE your book lists, which contain many of my all time favorites. I’d love for you to capture to love, laughter, and quirkiness that is our family. Thank you!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:42 pm

Stephanie -In two short months, our family will grow by one little girl! We are so excited and looking forward to documenting as much as we can of our lil family as we grow!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:44 pm

Sara-I would love our new little family documented once we are a few months into this new life experience!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:44 pm

caitlin harper -I think my little family is pretty special ‘just because’ and I would be honoured for you to capture our everyday. 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:44 pm

Robyn-I’ve followed your work since Lila Was Here and I think you have such a gift at capturing the beauty of the everyday – it really has inspired my own photographs and even my own motherhood. I’ve just moved to London, UK with my husband and two year old son and we would love to have you here to capture our new life!
All the best with the new ‘brand’ – I think it’s wonderful!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:45 pm

Melanie -Every family is completely special. Ours is special because we’ve got a little due in a few weeks. We’re totally excited for this new adventure – and a teensy bit nervous about how big brother will adjust. And we’d love to have you capture some of our first year together as a family of 4!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:50 pm

jen -Just my little people being themselves. Your images tell a story and put things on pause,and create something beautiful that i can show them when they are older. And i definitely would love a few more paused moments while they are still little and wide eyed and amazed by everything.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:50 pm

Amanda -I’d love to capture the way my boys interact. The way the baby tracks his big brother’s every move. How they make each other smile. The way they “share”. How they cheer each other up. They share at least one moment every day that makes my mommy heart burst.

Love this new venture! It’s been a wonderful journey for you and your family and it’s been a joy to watch 🙂 This new site is beautiful and the words you use in your details descriptions nails exactly why I love your photography. Those little moments you think to capture … many of my favorites are of those moments. A little hand holding his mom’s arm, the look on a new dad’s face as he watches his wife hold their babe, the candid shots of the bridal party … You are magic with a camera friend, your photos always get me feeling feelings, in the best way. xoReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:51 pm

lebao doan -My daughter is 6 months old and everyday she gets a little be bigger and a little bit wiser. I feel like time is flying by too quickly. I want to capture every moment I have with her whether it be the first time she crawls or just another little tantrum she’s throwing. I would love for you to be capture this special time in our lives.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:55 pm

Lindsay Ritt -Congrats on the launch! My son is 2.5 and such a fun age! I would love his attitude and personality captured so I can look at it forever!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:55 pm

robyn -congratulations on the new site and launch- it all looks amazing! and what an incredible giveaway! we just had our third baby and I would love to document and remember this moment in time with a big hearted soon to be six year old, a three year old who loves to dance, and our roly poly baby boy. just us. living this daily life.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 2:57 pm

Sarah -crazy fun and beautiful – love the new site!
i would love to capture mama in pics with her babes. after having two kiddos i am always self conscious in front of the camera. need to step out and have fun photos of all of us together!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:01 pm

Hannah K-2015 has been such an amazing year full of blessings for my family: my husband was accepted to U of A Law facility for 2015 and we’re also expecting our second child in September! We’re so excited.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:04 pm

Lindsay -I am so rarely in photos that I would just love to have the four of us documented together – laughing, playing, cuddling! My daughter is 8 and son is 6. You have been on our bucket list for several years! 😉ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:04 pm

Beth -What a question, certainly gets you thinking. Could I peg what makes my family special? I’m not sure its any one thing or anything so very concrete but I suppose that’s the beauty in a photograph; that chance to capture a look, a moment that brings into focus the love and joy we share in our everyday.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:09 pm

Amber -I would just love my little family of three to be documented as I believe you can never have too many photos!! 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:11 pm

Paulina Jomha-I’ve been following you since Lila was here and have enjoyed watching you document your own family and it’s growth throughout the years. Your family, as a result, seems adventurous, loving, fun and happy. I wish to have a family session that can capture our essence aswell. We have 2 girls and I have never once been able to get a photo of them smiling, laughing or even posing at the same time. It’d be a dream come true to have frame worthy photos!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:13 pm

Kristin -I’d love to document my family at home – just the three of us in our daily routines.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:16 pm

Diana -Its a secret as to why we would like a family photo session that no one can know yet! And for you to hopefully find out!!!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:18 pm

Kelly K-I would really like to capture my family as a whole, loving each other, being silly and having fun. As a photographer myself getting all 4 of us in one frame doesn’t happen often enoughReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:19 pm

Nicole GK -We recently became a family of four-I would love normal day photographed-maybe an outing somewhere-the park or museum. I love your work and style. Whoever wins is very lucky!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:20 pm

Kelly K-I would really like to capture my family as a whole, loving each other, being silly and having fun. As a photographer myself getting all 4 of us in one frame doesn’t happen enoughReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:21 pm

ryan -My wife is about to turn 30 in April. I would love to document her in her 30th year: adoring mother to our three children, strong, smart, beautiful.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:25 pm

Morgan -First, can I just say how much I absolutely adore your new space? It’s so very you, and of course, amazingly beautiful with all the photos you have put your heart and soul into. I’ve followed your work since the very beginning and I have always been inspired by your passion and your eye for capturing beauty, especially the everyday moments….and that is what I would love to have for our family. I have loved every stage with my kids, but I feel like we are at the most fun ages right now. With Hunter about to start kindergarten in September, I feel like we are on the cusp of a big change, and I would love to have this innocent little 5 year old and my wild and carefree 2 year old to stand still in time, at least in some photos. Also, it would be pretty amazing to meet you (finally!) and chat books for a little while 🙂 xoxoReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:27 pm

Amber Bourret-The new look is fantastic!! I’ve followed you for a ridiculously long time, since before I started my journey as a photographer. Your a huge source of inspiration to me, and your work is one of the main reasons I love lifestyle photography.

I’d love to have our family captured as our third and last baby is growing far too quickly and will be a year old in August. Since I’m always the one behind the camera, of love to be actually be IN some of our pictures!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:32 pm

Cinda -Looking forward to welcoming baby #2 in May and would love to have you capture our family!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:33 pm

Jill Andrews-Dudas -As a stay-at-home mom, on the surface, most days look the same. We dress, eat, have a few little adventures, sleep, repeat. But when you step back and really look at each passing day, nothing is ever the same. Every morning my children wake up a little taller, a little wiser, their little faces more mature than the day before. They ask harder questions and their relationships with the word and those around them are more complex. This season of life is glorious and magical and a little sad. As much as I look forward to the amazing beings they are growing into, letting go a little each day is hard. We would love for you to capture us, just as we are today.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:39 pm

Auria -My family is special to me in a way that cannot be described. It is my everything. We are small, but we are growing. Your photography amazes me and I would love to document who we are in the very real and raw way that you do. If you’re ever on the West coast, please let us know.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:44 pm

Shara Cochrane -Andrea!! I am LOVING the new rebrand. Well done lady.
Good for you for coming out of your comfort zone and doing the extraordinary. But this doesn’t surprise me. Everything you do is extraordinary. EVERYTHING. I have loved following along with all you do, Lila Was Here, Pinksugarland, Instagram and now Hankiland. I can’t wait to see all the new goodness that is going to come out of it. You are beyond an inspiration.

That is quite the question, what isn’t special about my little family. My husband. He for sure is special. He is handsome and hilarious. He really is the perfect man to spend a life with. Our little family will be expanding this October, and I would love to have some new family photos.

Congratulations again Andrea. I can’t to follow your new adventures. xoReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:53 pm

Stephanie Ryan -First I just want to tell you how amazing your photography is and it inspires me every time I look at it. Second, to answer your question for the entry (I hope I did this right), I would love for you to document our family because 4 years ago I lost my son Liam. It has changed the way my little family lives our everyday. We are a passionate bunch that live everyday to the fullest and try to just love each other the best we can so that we can make everyday count. I love that your photographs capture the special bond and love between families, and I would love that for our family. Nothing beats the emotions and memories captures in pictures as beautiful as yours. 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:53 pm

Lesley -i absolutely love your new site andrea! congrats! it’s gorgeous.
i adore taking photos of my kids, but there is something magical about the way you capture personalities and fun. i’d love to have my kids shown through your amazing eye, i love the idea of having photos of them like a time capsule through their lives. we are about ready to capture ages 7 + 10 😉ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 3:56 pm

Nicole Basso -Some of my most treasured items are the photos that you took of our family shortly after our Benjamin arrived last year. Updated photos would be so nice to capture yet another stage in our family’s life:)ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:02 pm

Yvonne -Congratulations on the launch of your rebranding, Andrea! Very exciting (for us all)! 🙂

What’s special about our family? Nothing and everything!! We’re just ordinary people doing our best to live life to the fullest, see the beauty in the everyday, and make each day count! I’d love to see you capture that through your lens.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:02 pm

Kristy-Anne -The moments that I find special and would love documented by you, are the in-between moments. The glances, the true friendship we share, the movement. Not the “perfect” moments. But the true moments that make each family special. I would also dream of someone being able to capture the love I feel in my heart in a photo, especially the way my kids look at me, the way they currently think I am the best human on earth. I want that that captured… before it’s no more 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:03 pm

Melissa J -I would love to work with you and have you capture photos of my two littles with dad and meReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:07 pm

Carlylefebvre-What i would love is for a summer day adventure to be captured. We never get all 3 of us in the pics when we are taking them ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:11 pm

Shannon-Congratulations on the new brand! It’s beautiful. Our first daughter is about to have her first birthday and I would LOVE to have a proper family session to document this wonderful time in our lives.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:12 pm

Kyla -Congrats on a great launch!
My spicy little lady is growing so quickly. I would love for you to capture her everyday-glow, how much my husband lights up when she smiles at him, and me, in this moment of being a mama to the spiciest, most fantastic little redhead in the world. 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:15 pm

Meryl-Oh my! What a beautiful new website & blog! The whole shebang is perfect. And it looks like everyone would love to win a session with you! 😉 What can I say? I’m a big fan and always will be. Now I’m pretty sure this contest is just for locals, but if its not, my little family & I have moved from Budapest to Houston, so we’re on the same continent & everything! 😉ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:22 pm

Melanie A -Love the new look, Andrea! I would love to enter the contest for a photo session with you. My life has turned out totally different than I ever originally planned. I lost my mom to cancer when I was 19. For years afterwards, I felt lost and changed… altered forever. I never knew if I’d ever feel whole again. I finished college and graduate school after changing my major a few times. I followed my passion and started a part-time photography biz. Finally, after thinking I may never get the chance at a family of my own: I married a few months before turning 35, had my first son a few weeks before turning 37, and had my second son weeks before turning 40. Life turned out completely different than I ever expected, but for the first time in over 20 years I feel whole again. I would love for you to capture this crazy and unexpected life that is mine. They say when you have boys, as a mama it is like you are a rock star in your own home. I would love for you to capture this special time in our lives (my boys are almost 4 and 1 now) and the connection we share at this crazy, exhausting(!), fun, wouldn’t-change-it-for-the-world moment in our lives. Best of luck on your new brand!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:24 pm

Allana Sterkenburg-Love the new look! We are expecting our first baby in just over a month, it would be quite literally a dream come true to have you photograph our new little family!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:24 pm

Brandy Jane Mabel-I love the new look! How exciting!
I would love to win a session! I would love some real and simple moments with my family captured! I am not in enough pictures with my kids and it has been something I am trying to fix!
Looking forward to following along in this new season for you!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:24 pm

Tessa -The new site looks amazing! Congrats! I would love to have my family documented; we are a family of two – just my husband and me. We’re about to celebrate our first anniversary as a married couple and would love to have gorgeous pictures to celebrate! 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:28 pm

Tammy -We are taking a family trip to Drumheller and would love to have that documented! We are driving there from Winnipeg and picking my step-son up in Calgary! ( He lives in BC but is flying to Calgary.) It would be great to have some amazing photos when our whole family is together! 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:36 pm

rychelle -my daughter’s adoption finalization is coming up, and i would LOVE to have that day documented by a professional photographer. but, really any day documented is a blessing!

kaela hendra -Our family is blessed with a neurosurgery kid and would love to document our journey through that 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:42 pm

Wendy -Congratulations On Your Launch! I’ve been a long time fan of your work! If we win this session with you I would be left in awe and grateful forever! To answer your question, we have lots happening in these next couple months That we would love for your to photograph. I’m due in July! So while I don’t think you’ve ever published a birth session (or maybe you’ve never done that either?!) I would invite you to ours! If not a newborn family session would be just perfect!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:44 pm

Lori Erickson -I love how my kids light up when their dad makes us laugh, how animated my sons are explaining science or animation, how our girl feels the need to make art and dish out squeezey hugs all day long…& I am there just taking it in, hoping I can remember it all.
Would love you to capture us now as they are entering high school, junior high, and kindergarten and I feel life is about to change in a big way.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:47 pm

Amber -Wow! Such a fabulous website Andrea! I’ve been a long time follower of yours since you took all the gorgeous photos for my best friend’s wedding… yep we were those Mc’Donalds crew!

Whats special about your family- well… we love to love… at least that’s going to (almost) be my new last name- LOVE. Now just waiting for that pretty sparkle on my finger 😉ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:48 pm

Amanda-You’re an inspiration, girl. I’d adore it if I could get you to document a piece of our time here in Edmonton.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:50 pm

Julie -We have a Ruby (4), an Ames (2), and a Jones (4mos). I love the stages they are at and all the craziness that goes with it. We are so busy keeping up with them that I forget about capturing these little moments that are flying by so quickly.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 4:55 pm

amber biglin -Love the new website! Family photos would be great! Our last photos were a few years ago…after my daughter and I had a difficult time. It would be great to have pics of us now that we are doing well. Oh and my parents would have to be in the pics too as we are very close 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 5:00 pm

Jessica G -I just want to catch beautiful moments of my family while my children are still young. I want to catch the joy of the moments.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 5:04 pm

Allison Waken-I don’t know if there’s anything special about us but we’ll never be in this same place, same ages again and that’s worth documenting 😉ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 5:12 pm

Karmen -Oh I would just love have our love of exploring documenting. Whether it be camping, traveling or just a walk down our gravel road :).ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 5:33 pm

Krista -Congratulations on the re-vamp! Looks great! My husband and I are new parents. We had our first child in the fall and we would love to have you capture this time of the three of us while our boy is still little. It would also be a treat to be included in the photos because I tend to take the photos and am not fast enough for the timer haha I’m usually the blur in the photos 🙂 fingers crossed that we’ll meet! Happy launch day!

Becky -Would love to have my daughters attitude and out look on life documented. She’s fearless and I want photos to always showcase who she is. Congratulations on a new site and adventure Andrea!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 5:36 pm

Kyla Hornberger-LOVE the new look. I might be a tad over excited about this…. Something I would love documented is just….. us. Interacting, laughing, maybe bickering (the kids, not me) ~ out at a cafe or the lovely ‘Duchess’ in Edmonton that is on my bucket list to visit someday. No matter what, I know you would capture everything I would possibly dream of with you behind the camera!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 5:47 pm

KathyHeath -Hey Andrea, I think every family is special in their own unique way and I’m not really sure what sets our family apart from others. I know for sure that we love doing things as a family unit (mom dad and 2 toddler boys). I would absolutely love to do a photo session of the four of us playing on the beach at Lake Summerside because that’s something we do most summer days, and it would be great to have the kids look back on a few photos that brings up memories for them. Your work is amazing and this rebrand is beautiful. Congrats!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 5:47 pm

Agnes chen -Something special about my family-
My 3 year old boy is as sweet as pie and loves to strum his guitar, jig with his harmonica, bang his drums and polka with his accordion;) and my 19 month old is a rambunctious and mischievous wee lil girl all wrapped up in the chubbiest lil cheeks and sweetest lil grin you ever did see. And well, I kinda really love my husband and I’d reeeeeeally love for you to capture all of the above one day;)ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 5:52 pm

Aminah Syed -Holy! Nicely done Andrea. This site is awesome.

It would be really nice if I were in some pictures with my son. A mommy photographer’s job is tough work.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 5:57 pm

stephanie-i love the way you capture love and light in everyday moments. it would be a thrill to have you capture mine 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 5:57 pm

Vanessa -Love the new brand. Absolutely fantastic. Congratulations!

My four year old is an inquisitive deep thinker, and she wears everything she’s thinking on her face. She is continuously making us laugh with her facial expressions. My one year old is a sweet, cautious, momma’s boy. And my husband. Watching him with his silly, gentle way with our kids never gets old. To have this captured would be a dream.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 5:57 pm

Michaela -My husband and I recently found out that we are pregnant and are beyond excited. I have religiously check pinksugarland every day for the last two years because I love seeing the special moments you capture of your beautiful family. We are going to have a gender reveal party with our immediate family (parents, siblings, their significant others and nieces) in about two months and would love to have the joy, laughter and love caught on camera forever. 🙂 <3ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:03 pm

Leah -We are a complete family, (no more babies!) so it would be the first photo shoot with all of us!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:14 pm

Irina -we have 2 amazing little girls, ages 3 and 1, and i am reminded everyday how fleeting this time is and how quickly they grow up. i would love to just have our everyday captured, and these special moments as little sisters and as a little family of 4 🙂
congrats on the rebranding!! i love your work so much!!!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:14 pm

Paula -I have never had any professional photos done of my family and my son is four now. Love your photography and I’m excited for the chance for my family to be photographed by you.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:14 pm

Rachel-I have been a HUGE fan since you started PinkSugarland! Winning a family session would be an absolute dream. I’m always taking the photos, so to be in them (with you as the photog) would be amazing! xoReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:21 pm

Kristi -We are just starting our family (baby is due April 21) and would love to have our new life captured by someone as talented and who clearly loves children as much as you do!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:23 pm

joc-well this is a no brainer… like yourself- you’re always on the other side of that lens. our third is 3 months and of course my body isn’t near where I would like it to be yet-but I need to be in front of that lens for my kidlets. so they can see all 5 us of in images. laughing and cuddling and just being. just living.
perhaps we could hook up this summer if we head west for some camping with the fam jam…. maybe a swappy swap of photo family fun?? congrats on your beautiful re brand. happy monday!!!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:26 pm

Paula-I think the way we all (the 3 of us) love each other is pretty darn special! 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:28 pm

Lindsay -I would love to be on the other side of the camera for a change — and your camera specifically. 🙂 my kids are 8 & 5 and growing too quickly…would love for you to capture them as they are now, still full of innocence and wonder for the world.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:41 pm

vanita -I’d love to capture giggles with my and almost one year old, and his im proud of myself expression when he gets something right.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 6:57 pm

Danielle -Would love to have our growing extended family captured!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 7:11 pm

Tegan -Absolutely loving your new website, its so much fun!! I would love to document my wee little family of 2, just my husband and I because we have an extra big love to share!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 7:27 pm

Rachelle Lyster -I would love to win another session with the amazing Andrea!! Just in time to capture out newest and definitely last baby!! And all the other craziness that is my family.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 7:36 pm

Mindy Johnson-We just found out yesterday that we are expecting baby number three! I think that’s a pretty big deal and would really love some photo memories of this special time ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 7:41 pm

Allison Anderson -I have 3 little girls….my youngest just turned 1 and she is our last baby. I feel very sentimental that there will never be anyone littler than her in the family and I want to remember everything about this stage and how much her sisters adore her.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 7:49 pm

Megan -We are a family of 4 plus our fury friend!! We are special because we want real moments that capture the love and awesomeness that we have 🙂 You are super talented at capturing people just the way they are and capturing those small and large moments that make them family.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 7:58 pm

Angie -I have loved for years your work, I was hooked fully when you had your blog “Lila was here”. I don’t think I’ve seen anybody who can document a family for all that they are, in that moment of time, as you do. I would be so thrilled if my family was one that had that privalege. Congratulations on the new design, it looks amazing 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 7:59 pm

aubrie knight -We are a happy, fun family who likes to have our love for each other documented. We have not had a family picture done in over a year,but we love your workReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 8:00 pm

Kristi -my family is getting older- my oldest has moved out of the house, my next oldest is graduating high school this year, soon all 5 of my kids will be scattered about starting their own families (time flies) so I would love one of your fabulous photo sessions to capture my family as it is now- – your work is amazing!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 8:00 pm

carla-andreaaaaaa!! this is perfection. why would i like to win a photoshoot? because you are amazing and all of the images we have of yours are my favourite and i would like to appear in some photos!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 8:08 pm

Sowmia -I’m a huge fan of yours and would love to have a session with you. I would love to have our family documented because I rarely get to be in photos with my kids. We recently added a baby girl to our family and I’d love to have photos of us interacting with her!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 8:10 pm

Julie -Hi. I would love to have a camping session in the mountains with u. 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 8:10 pm

Niki -hoping to see my family of two grow to three in the next year!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 8:21 pm

Catherine Caughron-Furlin -First of all, thank you for this opportunity! Having my family photographed by you is on my bucket list! As a Mom & as a photographer, I hugely admire what you do and love following your business and personal blog! Our family just grew by our new little son on February 2nd, and we named him Cole. 🙂 As a photographer, I’m always behind the camera. I want to capture how my new little baby snuggles into my chest while my one year old son Blake comes over and says “Mommy hold you?” and my 9 year old daughter tells me about her day. I guess I just want to capture my husband and I as parents to 3. It almost doesn’t seem real! I want to see us interacting in a photograph because it feels so fleeting being in the moment. 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 8:42 pm

Jessica St. Cyr-I love your rebranding! Everything is so beautiful! Congrats!!
So, something special that I would like documented of my family is togetherness! I capture lots of photographs of us individually, but don’t have that many family photos! Time goes by so quick so I would really love having out family documented and just being able to freeze time for a moment. Thanks 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 8:45 pm

Cara Schmitt-Our twin boys are expected to arrive next month! I would love to win a session to capture the transition from family of four to family of six.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 8:47 pm

Tiffany -You can do no wrong by my books Andrea!! Congrats on this new chapter! I would be unbelievably grateful (read: ecstatic, lucky, overjoyed, etc!) if you could officially document our family becoming a family of four! You captured us as we were on the verge of becoming a family if three when I was pregnant with my son… Fast forward three+ years and we now have a daughter (15 months already!) and we would cherish a photo-story by the most talented/coveted photographer we adore!! Pick us pick us 😉ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 8:54 pm

Liesel -Your new website and brand looks amazing Andrea! I would so love you to photograph our family. We love adventuring and getting out together as a family, whether its going for a little hike or kiting in the fields, berry picking in the summer, having little pool parties or heading out for a bike ride. It would be incredible to have you capture this time of our lives. xoReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 8:56 pm

Cara-J -We just became a family of four last August and I would absolutely love to have a family session done to capture my two girls growing up together. My oldest daughter is 3 and she’s her sisters favourite person in the world. I want to really capture everything that’s happened this year and the joy they bring us, just as we celebrate our youngest turning one! Thank you for the opportunity! I really love your photos.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 9:09 pm

Naomi -I have seen your beautiful family and many others, captured in your amazing photographs. I would love to see my family through your eyes, and have those images to hang on my wall ❤️ReplyCancel

Heather Rattai -Any type of photo that I am actually in would be wonderful. But I think either making breakfast (as it is one of my favourite times with our family) or on the golf course or driving range would be fun too.
It would be awesome to have our memories capture by you.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 9:30 pm

Kelly Stoski -I love my family. What makes them so special is that my boys (Hubby, and sons 8 & 5) are best friends. They love to laugh and play and be silly together. I would love photos that documented that.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 9:59 pm

Pam Hosker -We have a newish baby in our family (14 months) and like most people with new kids want to capture everything. Would love some outdoor in a park photos of our family. Congratulations on your re-brand.ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 10:13 pm

chelsea -Andrea!! What a wonderful launch and contest! I would love for you to come and capture my little and my hubby and I! We would love to love a session out at our home on the lake that would include lots of sun, splashing and wicked styling:)ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 10:14 pm

Sofia-Love the site!! To enter your contest: You already know what’s special about us after getting to photograph us already but to put it lightly, there is no other family like us. We only know how to be ourselves. And now we need more documentation of our family dynamics with lil Miguel in the picture. 🙂ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 10:16 pm

Leslie-Our family has been on a roller coaster ride – one that began over 3 years ago. We moved as a family of 4, settled in to our new house, in a new state, to be surprised with a new baby… that turned into 2 babies… that turned into identical babies… that turned into our 3rd and 4th sons. So here we are a lively, loud, active family of 6, including 4 boys. 🙂 I took time off from working so I could document my family more instead of photographing others and then realized that I am never, ever in the images. I would love to be IN the images. I would love a session with you! Fingers crossed…ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 10:26 pm

Breanna -I would love to finally have a maternity session. I’m pregnant with our third so a maternity session with my husband and two girls would be great!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 10:33 pm

Melissa Van Otterloo-Hi! Congrats on your new site! We would love to win a family session. We are coming up on 10 years of marriage in June and with our 3 boys growing and changing each day we would love our life to be documented as it is in this moment! Thanks!!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 10:44 pm

Alison -You’re an amazing artist. My little family just got a wee but more special in January with the arrival of our first little one. Our son was born six weeks early – a big surprise – and has continued to surprise us every day. We are completely smitten and would love to document this amazing moment in our lives with you!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 11:04 pm

Melanie Pastuck -My family has gone through some restructuring over the past 4 years. It hasn’t been an easy road for my 3 kids and me – we have lots of tricky days but there are moments that I wish that instead of being the photographer, I was being photographed. With them. Our cuddles. Our laughs. Our moments. I just want some really happy and lovely moments for them to look back on when they are older. Moments that remind them that they (we) survived and thrived.
Your new look is amazing – congratulations!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 11:04 pm

Stephanie -I’d like to document my girls growing up together! Our youngest was just born 3 mos ago, so she is starting to smile and coo at her older sister!ReplyCancel

March 16, 2015 - 11:49 pm

Claire -Andrea, the “Avery” Hanki launch looks great! I love the look and feel of your site. Congrats on what I can only imagine was a lot of behind the scenes work. If I win, I’d love to do a family session with you in the summer with some beautiful late day light.ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 12:08 am

Laura Mullen -As of September of last year my parents have been married for 35 years. Growing up we got pictures every 5 years of my sisters and me but we haven’t gotten any good family pictures in about 15 years! I would love to give them this gift of capturing our family 🙂ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 12:37 am

Melissa Gray-Oh Andrea- I’m always amazed. Of course I would love to have you photograph my family (and cannot wait for it!). And I’d venture to say that everyday with my crew is pretty special. It’s usually the quiet moments together that are the most amazing and special.ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 12:39 am

Misha -Congratulations on the new site. I love your posts, particularly the ones about the birthday celebrations. I would like am evening out of a family documented. No special events, just regular family time.ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 12:39 am

Monika W -Congrats Andrea! The new look is great and that picture of you is so adorable! You did such an amazing job documenting our little lady that I wish you could move in and document our lives daily! My dad’s 70th birthday is coming up and I think it would be the best gift ever to document his special day with all the family, balloons, cake and confetti! Plus I would love to see you again! Xo MonikaReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 12:41 am

Lindsay Brandt -I love the new look, Andrea! Best of luck to you! My oldest will be entering Kindergarten in the fall & my youngest will be in his first year of preschool. We are very excited for this new chapter of our lives!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 12:49 am

Shelley -Lovely new site! I’ve been a long admirer.
Me, my husband and our 2 boys (10 yr old Mattias & 2 yr old Grey) love to be outdoors together. We especially love to hike. I think it would be awesome to have you document our hiking travels, in particular I think the top of the Bears Hump in Waterton would be amazing! As well as wandering around the town site enjoying some Wieners of Waterton and some ice cream!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 1:40 am

leslie -well you know I love ya – I cannot wait to have you document us again – in a place that runs deep in both our histories. What you’ve done for us alreay touched so many family members and the best is yet to come 🙂ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 1:43 am

Michelle -The baby has bright warm soulful eyes and is always ready with a smile. His thighs have rolls you want to smear with butter (figuratively!!) and he has a pouty bottom lip that melts your heart. He’s a little stuck on Mama and that’s perfectly fine with her.
The toddler charms and entertains just about every one she meets. Outgoing, engaging, talkative and *expressive*, she makes most people laugh with her big personality. She’s also comfortable and pretty cooperative in front of the camera, and for a brief time as an infant probably thought that little black box with the circular nose was indeed her mother’s face.
Mama is the documentarian. She photographs her little family almost daily while trying to desperately find the balance between living in the moment and recording it for posterity because those moments that make you catch your breath a little bit are so fleeting. She also has the title of Head Goofball and often enlists her loved ones (sometimes with bribery) in silly ventures because she holds firm to the belief that if we can laugh just a little bit every day, then everything will be just fine.
Papa. He’s the quiet one but no less a clown. He’s the backbone to this family and keeps us grounded, safe and loved beyond measure. He is Mama’s biggest cheerleader, the toddler’s hero, and the baby’s wingman. We adore him.
I would for you to capture those tiny sparks that flicker among us. The love, the knowing glances, the understanding, the chemistry — that “thing” that makes us who we are.

Congratulations on this new venture, Andrea. You are an inspiration and an absolute delight to follow. Thank you for sprinkling Hanki confetti and sharing your magic with us.ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 2:00 am

Cherie -I would like to show how much fun my boys have with their Dad, with me too but with their Dad especially 😉
Love the new website!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 2:12 am

Amanda -I’m constantly trying to remember every moment with our 2 boys. I wish I could bottle up all the fun we have together. It was be so wonderful to have a family session with you to capture our life.ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 2:39 am

Christin-I’d LOVE to be documented with my children. They always see me behind the camera and now that I’m working full time I don’t get to spend as much time with them.

susanna faygenbaum -Ive been following you since the days of Lila was here and I’ve been obsessed with your photography and blogs since that day i found you randomly online..im a shy follower i almost never comment, but either way congratulations on this step in your career and life…and I’ve always said that since I’ve found you this was before i even had my own child that you would be the PERFECT photographer for either our wedding or our family…so that would be awesome 🙂ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 2:39 am

stephscade-wow.. just amazing. the new brand is incredible. I love everything about it. I can’t wait for you to photograph our family one day!! whether its through a contest or other lifestyle booking as we grow. 😉 HUGE CONGRATS!! xoxReplyCancel

meghan -words cannot even express how happy i am for you andrea! you are amazing and obviously you must know that because 7 sessions?!? yes! we have chose you and you only 7 times! and of course we would love more pictures, more memories that you capture of the mac crew! love everything that you do! you’re inspiring! xoReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 3:23 am

Ashley W -Oh I SO want to win this! I have been following you for so long! I would love you to document us doing the everyday. Nursing, baby wearing, playing, dancing, having a family supper. Congratulations on the rebrand. 🙂ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 3:56 am

Brittany -I came across your photos a few months ago due to a friend raving over and over about your beautiful work. I am in awe and consistently inspired by the beautiful photos you take and the way they capture the true goodness in people. I wish you the best of luck in your new business venture! I would love to have my family documented and captured by you in the new airport terminal in Calgary that will be opening this spring. We love to travel and there is something so wonderful about the chaos and hustle and bustle in the airport!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 3:59 am

Katy Hicks -My husband, 1 year old son and I live in Calgary, but would be able to travel 🙂 In a family photo session I would love to capture how my son is the spitting image of his dad! congrats on the new launch Andrea and to whoever wins the giveaway!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 3:59 am

Lesley Hobbs-Congrats on your new look! I love everything you do! I would love to get a family session done that shows how much fun our kids have together. We had 3 kids in 3 years and are just now starting to see the amazing bond they will have for life.ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 4:17 am

Amanda-I would love to have the freedom, the energy, the quiet, the just plain simple day to day life of my family – our life in the country documented! Nothing spectacular just real. life. All the reasons why we moved to the country…I’d love to see them photographed and not via mom behind the iPhone! Thanks so much for the opportunity, Andrea! This is amazing!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 4:18 am

Ashley Champagne-Hi Andrea! Congratulations on a beautiful new beginning. I have admired you and what goes on behind your lens for quite some time 🙂 Dustin and I have a sweet and adorable baby girl who will be 1 in August. Before Elliot, our baby was Rocko- our awesome cat. Something special about our family: we all sleep in the same bed together! I have often thought of how much I would love to capture that in a photo. Beyond that, we share a lot of love and silliness together, it would be an honour to have you capture us from your perspective!ReplyCancel

Jennifer Burke -My daughter is over two years old and we’ve never had a proper family photo taken. I’ve been following your photography from nearly day one and we were due to have you take our wedding photos until someone else moved their wedding date. I’ve wanted you to capture a moment in our lives since that day. I don’t feel like we are very photogenic but I just know you can make us look amazing as I’ve never seen a bad photo come out of your lens. I would love you to capture a moment with my family as I have watched I awe the way you capture yours. Congrats on the rebrand!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 5:27 am

Ashley King-I would love our total dorky, smitten-ness of each other captured. Our son is 9 months, and he’s so funny already (like dad). I am always behind the camera, I would love to be in front of it just because of them, I want to exist in photos with them. I want to encapsulate the cuteness and eat it every day. Is that weird… if it is too bad. That’s the truth.ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 5:31 am

Tara Munoz -We all have the privilege to go hunting together every week on one of California’s oldest and largest, privately owned ranches. We would love for you to come document us roaming the 240,000 acres!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 6:08 am

Kristin-Hi! I’d LOVE for you to document my next (fingers crossed!) pregnancy! I have three munchkins already, and would you believe I’ve never ever had maternity photos done? If my hubby and I are lucky enough to conceive a fourth I’d love to finally document my baby belly since it’ll be the last one for me ❤️ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 6:15 am

Shauna -I would love to capture the simple, yet beautiful moments of my families everyday life that usual isn’t documented. The moments that show all of us together having fun and just bring us.ReplyCancel

Kristen -Our new baby girl, and the way her two big brothers love on her. <3ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 1:54 pm

Amy -I would love to win and have Andrea photograph what she does best…capturing the magic of everyday family life!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 2:02 pm

Wen-Congratulations! You have a genuine talent capturing people. I heard about you through a friend, and also know you through robnlauren. My children are 11 and 13 and I will take every opportunity presented to record how these faces are changing before our eyes. It’s fleeting as you know. Edmonton is lucky to have you.ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 2:07 pm

Marcella Harder -I’d love to win a free session to celebrate our son’s first birthday! It would be extra special because you were our wedding photographer 7 years ago!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 2:22 pm

Amy Chapman -Ahh! I am beyond excited for you!! My question is our location, Calgary. Although we would be happy to drive anywhere. We are super outdoorsy so something in the forest would make us so happy and trees are everywhere! Whoa, getting ahead of myself 😛 Best of luck to everyone entered, I cannot wait to see the photos!!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 2:49 pm

Leah -I would be so blessed to win the contest and have you document my little family in amazing summer light. Chubby cheeks alight in golden sunsets. And some actual photos of my husband and I bc there only ever seems to be one of us in any photos. 😉ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 2:50 pm

Jillian -My parents, siblings and I have never had a photo session together. Every year for my parents anniversary I consider it, because I know it would be so special to my parents, but I’ve never really loved family sessions I’ve seen. They always seem stuffy and staged – everyone lined up and matching. However, I’ve loved your photography since the day I stumbled upon it years ago and love how you capture everyday moments and make them beautiful. Your family sessions are incredible and it would be a honor to have you capture our love.ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 2:56 pm

Melissa G-Congratulations! You just keep getting better and better <3 I've been following you for years and dreamed about having you photograph our own family portraits. One day – it will happen! We come to Edmonton every 2 years as it's still home to us so the chance is there. This year we will be celebrating our son's first birthday there in June. Here's to entering and giving it a shot earlier than expected hehe. Can't wait to see all the adventures you share 🙂ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 3:35 pm

Leah -Come out to the Fraser Valley for some amazing summer sunlight and BC sunsets. Would love you to take some photos of my family (2.5 kids and large, overgrown Bernese)ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 3:48 pm

Brandie -Congratulations on a beautiful launch! I have silently enjoyed every post you’ve made for years:)Time is going by way to quickly. All of a sudden my kids are 4 & 6. I really don’t know how it all happened so fast. We are thankful every day for our healthy, happy family and I would love so much to freeze it just for a moment. Thank you so much for this opportunity!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 4:57 pm

Brie Fraser-Well, I think photos just over one year later since the last time you photographed us would be amazing! And would capture what a little toddler my little baby is becoming. I mean, last time he just slept the whole time 😉 Now, he’s walking! Fingers crossed xxReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 5:48 pm

hannah -recently our family grew by one and i would love to document my 3 very special little people and our new family of 5!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 6:33 pm

Bethany Shaw-We would love to capture memories of our first few weeks with our first child! Due August 17th.ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 7:17 pm

Kelly-Fabulous site… congratulations. A shoot by you has always been on my bucket list. I have loads of photos of my boys but ones with me are few and far between as I’m always behind the camera. I’d love for them to see what I looked like when they were young and I’d love to see how you see our family. *fingers crossed*ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 7:32 pm

Kathy -Expecting our secon in May and will need some family portraits as we barely have any as it is! You work is amazing and have been following for years!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 7:35 pm

Lauren Penland-So exciting! Love the new look. We are moving back to Texas soon (when hubby graduates nursing school), so I want this time in our lives documented soooo bad. I know nothing will be the same after he graduates. We’ve been living on the Iadho/Washington state border for almost 4 years now and I’m sad to close this chapter in our lives, but excited for our future!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 7:52 pm

Candice Lanning-I was on the road most of yesterday, but I am so thrilled to see your launch and your site today! It’s perfectly you Andrea! So excited and truly…your best is yet to come! Cheers!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 7:58 pm

Vanessa -omg Andrea! I love love love this new design! So perfect! We would love to win the family session. Something special about my family that I want photographed is that my husband and I have been together since we were 14. I would love to photograph how our love has evolved into something more beautiful that I could imagine and the live we have with our 2 year old!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 8:18 pm

Kristen -I was first introduced to your amazing talent by a friend almost 7 years ago, when you documented my now husband and I for a lifestyle turned into engagement session. We also had the pleasure of you capturing newborn photo’s of our daughter almost 3 years ago. I would be honored for you to photograph our family when we become a family of four in October. Congratulations Andrea!!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 8:43 pm

Sarah Lynn Scott-Congrats on your new website. My family and I are ALL very active and we all do crossfit. My boys 8 and 5 do a kids class and my husband and I also crossfit. Would love some pictures in the gym working out as a family! Thanks for the opportunity!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 9:19 pm

Jensine Reyes -I would to have Zoe’s 4th birthday captured. As we are growing our family, this might be one of her last birthdays as the only child!ReplyCancel

Our eldest son had spinal surgery on his nerves coming up on a year ago. We took some videos and photos of the way he walked beforehand and I would love to have you document him and our family a year out. He has come so far!ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 9:38 pm

giveaway . smitten with » adventures in hankiland-[…] it’s time for giveaway number two of a very hanki launch party, in celebration of my new look and the transition from pink sugar to andrea hanki! (and if you haven’t already, you can enter the first (a lifestyle session with me) here!) […]ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 10:15 pm

Melissa -What’s special about my family? Simply put they are apart of me and together we are one. I’d like to document the similarities and humour we all share….& have our fur baby documented in our family as well. We missed the chance with our last pup and I’ve since regretted not taking family photos with him.ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 10:21 pm

Carly Lefebvre-I would love for you to capture us as a family on an adventure – we obviously can’t take you to Mexico but every day is new and fresh for lennon and to get a different perspective from such a talented eye would just be fantastic. Lennon has experienced so much and pictures of 3 (other than selfies) are few and far between. 🙂ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 10:31 pm

Heather Muse-Hey Andrea! Love the new site and brand! So lovely! I would love to have you photograph my family because you have such talent for showing how families really are, how it is today, and how relationships really are. And I want to hold on to that. My oldest is 10 (!) and I know that we are probably halfway to the point where she will want to leave our little family and start out on her own! It feels like yesterday she was born…ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 10:35 pm

Lindsay -Our long-awaited baby boy has finally joined our family! It would be amazing to document our family with such a talented photographer.ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 10:39 pm

Christine-I would love to have you photograph our family of four. Our last photos Leo was just a little baby and I want to remember this time with both kids and the special interaction they have together. Big sister, little baby. Because they are special and i love them so.ReplyCancel

Like everyone else on the planet, we would love to win a session with you. I would love for you to capture our family during our everyday. We have so much love, creativity, and happy bursting from our walls and the minutes we do spend all together as five is a gift we do not take for granted. xoReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 11:21 pm

Carolyn -I have my fingers crossed that you’ll photograph our little quartet. I know that you’d be able to capture the love that we have for each other. Our girls are growing so fast and it would mean so much for us to have some beautiful photos of them – our sweet and serious big girl and our hilarious and (slightly) crazy little girl. 🙂ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 11:28 pm

Danielle -Would love to have a photo session with you! I think my family is pretty special. Our girls are growing so fast and would love to have someone such as your self capture the memories before they are all grown up. Even now my oldest who is eight seems like a little adult. Life goes bye in a blink of an eye really.ReplyCancel

March 17, 2015 - 11:28 pm

Danielle -Would love to have a photo session with you! I think my family is pretty special. Our girls are growing so fast and would love to have someone such as your self capture the memories before they are all grown up. Even now my oldest who is eight seems like a little adult. Life goes by in a blink of an eye really.ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 1:16 am

Bene -Congrats on the launch… love love love the new design Andrea and obviously, I would love to win a photo session with you now that our family has grown again. The first time was just pure awesomeness ! 🙂ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 2:21 am

Linda -I’d love to have my whole family (4 generations) photographed in Winnipeg! Would be an amazing thing to have those memories captured by the talented Andrea Hanki!ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 2:25 am

Lindsay -We are travellers and always up for an adventure whether it be a picnic in the park or walking in a canyon (at home or abroad).ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 2:33 am

annemarie-I would just really like to document my gorgeous little family through your eyes. It would be a beautiful way to remember this crazy time, especially since despite every effort I know I won’t remember the details of when we were all so young.ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 3:03 am

Kelly -My daughter celebrates her first birthday in May. She is our first child (unless you count our fur baby) and brings so much joy to our lives with her extraordinary smile and zest for life. Would love to capture this milestone with a photo session!ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 3:18 am

Juliette-We are a French Family living in the US since 2008. We had our 2 kids in the US so i would love to have that documented: our small french nest with our routines and everyday activities (the park, the farmer’s market, the walks…) in our amazing neighborhood 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity !!ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 3:36 am

Andrea -Lovely new website and brand relaunch! I would love to have my little family captured sometime around my son’s first Birthday!ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 3:38 am

Kim Christensen -It would be a dream come true to have you photograph our family just spending time together! I am never in any pictures because I am the one taking them, so it would be so special to get some lifestyle photos of me, my kids, and the hubby. Love the new space here, thanks for the chance of a lifetime!ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 3:39 am

Candice Edgecombe -Our grandparents have a cottage at Jackfish Lake. My sister and I were fortunate to grow up spending our weekends and summers at the cottage with our cousins, aunts and uncles, parents and grandparents. Now that we are grown, my sister and I take our own families to the lake and continue to share special moments and watch our children bond with their grandparents and great grandparents in the simplicity of lake life. This place holds a special place in my heart and I would be most thankful to have the love of our family, and all of its generations, captured at the lake by your lens.ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 4:31 am

Michelle p -*wife (me) has loved your photography since discovering it with Lila is here. You inspired me to buy an slr and attempt to take magical pictures of my kids.
*husband is cheap and will not give me the green light to make the investment in a session.
*son loves lego, bike riding, snuggles with mom and rootbeer floats.
*daughter loves princesses, baking, painting her nails and her cats.

If you were to caption us being us, I would treasure those images forever.ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 4:33 am

Lisa m -I would love to do a normal photo shoot. At our house, with our son. Building a Lego tower, or walking to the park. A memory of the simple things that bring him so much joy.ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 5:00 am

Allison Suter -Something special about our family that I’d love documented? Where to begin? My baby’s curls (where did those come from), her gate, the way J loves us both so much and so differently… the list goes on!ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 7:17 am

Nicole -I have been wanting you to photograph our family since we grew from a family of three to a family of four! I need you to capture the cute moments between my kids…the way my son looks at his big sister when she is within sight, the way he toddles around now that he’s learned to walk, the way my daughter buries herself in her books, capturing her creative side when she’s painting or colouring…and the way they wrap their little arms around mommy and daddy and give us the biggest hugs they can possibly give! I don’t know anyone else who has the ability to photograph the moments that you do, and I would love to have these small moments frozen in time 🙂

Btw, your site is amazing! Congratulations on your rebrand and I wish you all the best!ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 7:52 am

Neela -I’m curious, if you can catch my girl’s chuckling in a photo. To me, it’s the most beautiful sound in my family.ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 11:26 am

Jocelyne -I would love to capture my husband and 3 year old son’s insane love of airplanes…I am sure you could do that in the simplest or most extreme way.ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 2:46 pm

Emily Roberts -I would love for you to capture the craziness of my two boys. It is true what they say about how time flies with kids. I can’t believe Hudson is almost 4, and Lukas close to 2. Would love for this stage to stand still for just a moment.ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 4:08 pm

holly -i love your style and how effortlessly you capture real life! we live near the beach in la, and i’d love for you to capture the small every day life with our two boys (1.5 and 3.5). Capturing our favorite things at the moment that we enjoy doing together and my boys developing friendship.ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 4:30 pm

Erin J -Congratulations on the launch of this beautiful site! I’m a long-time admirer from your “Lila was Here” days. We live in the US, but my husband is from Calgary and his parents now live in Invermere. Some of our happiest memories are from our trips to Canada (we were engaged and married in Inveremere), but we have not yet had our wee family documented in our “happy place” and we would be honored if you were the one to do so!ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 5:15 pm

Christina -Congratulations on your new venture! My husband and I have been married for 10 years this July and our kids are growing so quickly, our youngest starts preschool in the fall! We have come a long way in 10 years and would love to document where our family is now. 🙂ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 5:17 pm

Christie Spencer-Congratulations on the new launch! I have been reading your blogs and following your journey forever, and couldn’t be more excited to watch this next chapter unfold for you.

Confession: I kept reading the hashtag as AVERY HANKI launch party so I was waiting to see who this Avery person was you were teaming up with! : D (face palm) : )

Urska-I LOVE your new site. I have been following you when there was only Lila and you have grown so much personally and professionally since then. It is almost like every child brings on new changes.
I am obsessed with documenting my family. I wish for my kids to look back on it and have these documents as a testament to good life. As an immigrant to the States and knowing about the loss on family members I treasure this even more. Our home has pictures on the walls, on the fridge, I print photo books. It would be extra special to see my family through your eyes and have pictures hanging in the house.ReplyCancel

March 18, 2015 - 10:04 pm

Ashley Johnson-Something about my family that I would like to be documented are the fantabulous personalities of my two nieces and two nephews. They truly make my world a better place, and having the honour to watch them grow is such a privilege.

Tracy -Our family is expecting our third this summer and would love to have some family photos done! Love your work 🙂ReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 12:47 am

Taryn -I have loooooooved following you and your family through the years! Such love in your pictures, and that’s why I would love to win a chance to have you capture the love in our family!! My husband and I are blessed with two beautiful, wonderful, playful little girls, and I want to live in this moment forever… But since I can’t, I would love to have you capture this moment in time, so we can always remember how wonderful these years were, even though they seem crazy now!!!ReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 1:22 am

Micaela -Having my family photographed by you would be a dream come true!!! Congrats on the re-launch, your website is perfect and so YOU.ReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 2:22 am

Joanne -Hi Andrea!
Loving everything you are doing with the new launch! You are such an inspiration!
I would loving nothing more than for you to capture the absolute joy that our little guy -Hunter has brought to our family. It’s completely indescribable. He is such a free spirit and as new(ish) parents we are totally captivated by him.
-That is what I would want you to document!ReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 2:36 am

Michelle -i know you would capture so beautifully the way we love each other.ReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 2:59 am

Omar-Of all the elements of life worth capturing in pixels, I will always choose my family. They are the most challenging, rewarding, frustrating, and beautiful human beings in the world. There are a million reasons why I’d like our family to be photographed; but the simple answer is that I love them.ReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 3:44 am

Jenny G -My husband and I are celebrating our 5 year anniversary in June this year. In those short five years we have had two beautiful boys. Our oldest will be four soon and our younger son is one and a half years. I would love to capture the love, energy, and happiness of my family.ReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 4:09 am

Charmaine Poulin -Our family loves to camp. So a camping session would be amazing!ReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 6:10 am

Joanna -We have two awesome young boys that adore one another. I would love beautiful photos to remember this special stage in their lives! You have an amazing gift for showing real emotions and I want photos that reflect that. Thank you for this chance ReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 6:17 am

Janis Sherman -I would like to capture the “everyday special” that we have as a family of five….my boys baking cookies, building lego, cuddling up to read a book.ReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 1:20 pm

Jeri Heggie -We just moved into our forever home on the prairies and we are expecting baby number three! We would love to have you in our home to help document this joyous time ReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 1:39 pm

Heather Boisvert -It would be such an incredible opportunity to have you capture the moments that fly by. My little ones are 4 & 2, full of life and energy to burn lol. I’m so tired from keeping up with them all day that I never take the time to pick up the camera to catch all these fleeting moments and memories. The images you’d create of my family at this time in our life would be cherished forever.ReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 2:44 pm

Anne -My husband and I don’t have any children at this time, so it’s only him and I but we are trying to start a family. If we won, it would be amazing to have a lifestyle maternity session!

As a side note, I’ve been following you for years (back when you only has Lila) and I just want to say that you a simply amazing. A person I truly look up to when I hopefully become a mother!

Kristine -We live half-time in Guatemala and half-time in Los Angeles – would love to have a photo session in either place! We have one 4 year old girl and are expecting twins in September… so I would love to have a session to capture our family as we have never really had one before. I LOVE your work – you take amazing photos and inspire me to take more photos of my child 🙂 Thanks for this oppty to win a session!ReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 5:57 pm

Christine L -I would love to capture my little family of 3 during a time where my son is at his most curious stage–I’m sure you can capture perfectly the moment when you see his little wheels turn in his brain and out comes the most reflective, inquisitive question you could think of. I don’t know if we’ll stay a family of 3 or grow, but, regardless, I want to ensure I have this memory of our little threesome.ReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 7:41 pm

Taryn Noel -I would love to capture our birthday week. My kids and I all have our birthdays within four days of each other. It’s a special time in our house.ReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 8:29 pm

Holly Felzien -Would love love love to have the chance to win your giveaway. I have been looking at your work for years since our friend used you for their wedding. I have a family of 4. A wonderful husband and 2 crazy, beautiful boys! We haven’t had the opportunity to have a family photo with all of us…this would be amazing. Good luck to all…. anyone who wins is beyond lucky. Thanx. hollyReplyCancel

March 19, 2015 - 10:58 pm

Christa -We are very fortunate to have such beautiful boys aged 5,3 and 1. And even more fortunate to have grandparents who make them thier world. I would love to have this relationship captured on film. I barley knew my grandparents and am so fortunate to have my kids be so close to theirs.ReplyCancel

March 20, 2015 - 1:08 am

Teena -Would love for you to capture our everyday! Your photography is wonderful and I think the everyday day is so so beautiful & wonderful. It is the normal moments with my 3 kids that I would like to remember and document.ReplyCancel

March 20, 2015 - 2:28 am

brooke bowland -I am not sure I could fit the many reasons I would love you to photograph our family. When it comes down to it. I am and always have been in awe of your talent. You never cease to amaze and inspire!! I just know that having images on my wall created by the one and only Andre Hanki would be beyond incredible. XoReplyCancel

March 20, 2015 - 3:02 am

Paige barnett -Our little family has been living in edmonton while my husband goes to school. We enjoy all the time we get to spend with him as he is incredibly busy studying most of the time. Our girls adore him and think the world of him. I cannot blame them in the slightest.ReplyCancel

March 20, 2015 - 3:13 am

Bethany Vreugdenhil -My babies are 13 months apart, they have such a crazy love for eachother that I’d love to have documented!ReplyCancel

March 20, 2015 - 3:20 am

Amy S -I’ve been a huge fan of your work since you photographed our wedding in 2007! If you’re up to traveling to the Washington, DC area (not sure if this is just a local contest?), I’d be thrilled to have you capture our now much larger family! We’re expecting our fourth baby in the beginning of May, and it would be so special to have you be the one to take our first family photos with our newest addition.ReplyCancel

March 20, 2015 - 3:43 am

Kait Kucy-I’d love to capture our family together – my son is currently 11 weeks old and I already feel like time is flying by. Also – this one is a bit selfish – I’d love some photos of just me + him. I am the photographer in the family so I’m constantly capturing amazing moments of him + my husband together – I really want some more of baby and I. xoxoReplyCancel

Cara -That would be amazing!! I have enjoyed following you since being told about you from the fabulous Brooke and Michelle! You are inspirational to your peersReplyCancel

March 20, 2015 - 5:41 am

Suzanne-Oh how it seems I am a needle in a haystack of entries.. But, I would sure love to have my little Fam Jam captured by you! My two boys, my husband and I would be thrilled! I am the photo taker in my family and I would love to have a chance to actually be in some photos with my boys where I’m actually in focus and my head is not chopped off or my eyes are closed! Life is going way too quickly and I often think how one day I will be looking back on these years as the absolute best years.
Congrats on the great new look and success! 🙂ReplyCancel

March 20, 2015 - 5:51 am

Rebecca -I would love to have our day-to-day life documented. We have a couple of formal portraits, but what I cherish the most are the moments we spend as a family: cooking/eating together, playing on our rope swing, caring for our chickens, reading together, hiking together, playing basketball in the driveway… all these candid cherished moments.ReplyCancel

March 20, 2015 - 6:45 am

Jana -I have followed your blog and loved your photography for years! The new site is so awesome! I would adore a family session with you! I have a 2 yo boy and a 4 yo girl who rarely allow for a good picture of both of them, and the only family pictures I can manage are slightly blurry selfies taken at arms length. I am loving the toddler years but they are flying by, and it would love to capture some of the magic I experience everyday. Congratulations again on the new branding!ReplyCancel

March 20, 2015 - 2:48 pm

Megan -Although you just did our newborn session back in dec, our little guy has already changed so much. We would love to have a family session to capture this next stage as well as his toothless grin. Once that first tooth comes in he will never have a gummy smile againReplyCancel

March 20, 2015 - 4:14 pm

Kassandra-I would just love photos of the three of us. We haven’t had any photos of our little family since Emery was born. 🙂
KastlesReplyCancel

March 20, 2015 - 4:15 pm

Jen McCann -My husband and I have been together for 12 years, married for 5. His work for 7 of those years forced us to have a long-distance relationship. Last year, he changed jobs and ended the never-ending time spent abroad. We are finally able to physically live on the same continent, wake-up to one another, and go to sleep together. This year, we are expecting our first child and cannot be more excited for this next phase of our lives. I would love to simply have our “togetherness” documented.ReplyCancel

March 20, 2015 - 6:07 pm

lynette -Wow! That’s just about all I can say, is wow! Just went to show a coworker your site for family pics and saw this whole new amazingness! Congrats!ReplyCancel

March 20, 2015 - 6:26 pm

Stephanie Kuzio -Love your passion! You are amazing and we love following you. Would love for you capture our everyday which is a sweet spunky 3 year old gal, a quiet goofy 5 year old guy, hubby and myself.ReplyCancel

Lindsey-I have been following your work for a long time and am just so happy for you and all that you have accomplished! I dream of being photographed by you one day. Trying to convince my husband we need a road trip. We are having our first daughter in July and it would be so special to have our new family captured by such a talented lady. I just adore how you capture your own children. Such an inspiration!ReplyCancel

March 20, 2015 - 9:46 pm

Pam -I love love love having our family photos done, and having pictures of my 2 sons. Their birthdays are coming up in June and July, and they will be turning 4 and 6. I would love to have a family photo session to look back on this age in the future and remember what this time of our lives was all about 🙂ReplyCancel

Rhonda Steed-Andrea I love your work. I’ve loved it for a long time!!! I would love to have me in the pictures with my kids. Us being together. That is what i would love documented!!!! Love your new site!!ReplyCancel

March 21, 2015 - 12:29 am

Samantha Priegnitz -We’re a family of four and what I want documented about us is just our happy, easy-going selfs! Love and admire your work!ReplyCancel

March 21, 2015 - 1:53 am

Trena -my husband’s grandpa just died, and I’ve realized how much I want to document family. It’s so incredible to go through all his old images and just feel the history. I want to do that for my own family.ReplyCancel

March 21, 2015 - 2:40 am

Kim -Hey Andrea!!! I am awwwwwwed by your work!!! My dream is to one day have you document my family(Ella 4, James & Katherine 3) and my amazing hubby, Matt. My husband is a Marine and was severely injured in combat 9 years ago – we are “limited” in photo sessions because he is confined to a wheelchair. You are so creative and think “outside the box”, I would LOVE to have a session with you & your camera! (Bonus: We live right outside of New Orleans- fun, beautiful city!!!) My fingers are crossed…and toes-hahaha!!!ReplyCancel

March 21, 2015 - 6:14 am

Shiloe -I would love you to document our growing family! I feel like mom is always behind the camera and I would love some photos with my children.ReplyCancel

March 21, 2015 - 10:55 am

Andrea -Lovely new website and brand relaunch! I would love to have my little family captured sometime around my son’s first Birthday!ReplyCancel

March 21, 2015 - 3:45 pm

Kathy -I’d love for you to take some pictures of our family of five sometime (ages almost 5, almost 3 and almost 1 🙂ReplyCancel

March 21, 2015 - 9:52 pm

karissa -I have been following you since I got married almost 7 years ago and have dreamed of one day having you shoot my family. Your signature style blows my mind every single timeReplyCancel

March 21, 2015 - 9:58 pm

Tina -love the new site and would love some pictures taken of my family for our wall. We just had a baby in February so it would be great timingReplyCancel

March 21, 2015 - 11:33 pm

Sarah -I would love for you to come to Nashville, TN to photograph my family! I’ve been following you for years and I just adore your little family. My mother passed away last year and my fiances mother is very sick right now. I have one picture from my childhood of me with my mom and then one or two in high school and then not again until I graduated college. I take a lot of pictures of my kids including a lot of pictures with their dad but I rarely get in any photos with them. I want my kids to remember me and see me in their childhood photos. I want them to see that undeniable love that I have for them. That my smile is never as bright as it is when I look at them. They are my world and I want them to feel that when they walk past a wall collage of photos. I would be so honored to have a wall FULL of pictures that you took. Thank you for this opportunity and good luck to everyone! The winner will be ONE LUCKY FAMILY!ReplyCancel

March 22, 2015 - 12:09 am

Heather-Hi Andrea! Simply put, I dig your work – big time! I think you have a genuine perspective that shines through in all of your photos, and it would be nothing short of amazing to have you capture the little moments in my family’s life that often go unnoticed. I’m an aspiring photographer myself, and am trying to find my voice – I’ve followed your personal and professional sites for awhile and you are a huge inspiration to me!ReplyCancel

March 22, 2015 - 3:32 am

Andrea :) -We are blessed with a beautiful little family. I love taking lots of pictures of them to capture the big and little moments of our life but I am rarely in any of the pictures. I would simply love to have you come and take pictures of my family with their mama in the frame! 🙂ReplyCancel

March 22, 2015 - 3:42 am

Shannon -I would love to capture my little family in a photoshoot. Our daughter is just about 18 months old and she has such a fun personality. Would love to capture her fu loving self right now!ReplyCancel

March 22, 2015 - 3:51 am

amy -Ahhhh your new everything is amazing!I would love to have you photograph my family because even though we are almost always all together, we have very few photos of all five of us. I know you would do an amazing job of capturing us. Cant wait to watch you kick ass as Andrea Hanki.ReplyCancel

March 22, 2015 - 3:56 am

Kim -I would love for you to photograph my family so that my mom can have new pictures to put up in her house – including her brand new grandson. 🙂ReplyCancel

March 22, 2015 - 4:24 am

Melissa -I would be absolutely over the moon excited to win a session with you. Your work is amazing and I love your style. My husband and I would love for you to come to our home in Revelstoke and photograph our little family. We have a three year old son and a five month old girl. Fingers and toes crossed big time on this one!!ReplyCancel

March 23, 2015 - 12:55 am

Stephanie -There was a long time in my life where I thought I’d never get married and never have a family of my own… but now I’ve been married for a year and a half and have the squishiest little six month old boy and I just feel like my heart is bursting. I’d love, love, LOVE for you to photograph this unexpected and much cherished family of mine.ReplyCancel

March 23, 2015 - 2:06 am

Cathy Empey -Congratulations on your beautiful new site! I have always admired your work! I am a wife (almost 17 years) mom of six, and was shooting boudoir for almost six years. During those years, I focussed too much on photographing others, and neglected to capture beautiful memories and moments of my own family! We have one boy, and five girls (all who are growing up so quickly!! 15 (almost 16, my son with pink hair and he is now taller than me! My five girls – 14, 12, 10, 8 & 7!) NOW is the perfect time to capture our family!! I would love to be in FRONT of the camera with my wonderful family. We are loud, we are crazy and we love each other so very much!! I love our family <3ReplyCancel

March 23, 2015 - 2:21 am

Ryan Bodrug -My boys with my wife bc she never gets to be in any photosReplyCancel

March 23, 2015 - 2:29 am

Tina -My husband and I have been married for almost 9 years, and we have enjoyed watching our children grow. In what seems like the blink of an eye, our eldest, Josephine, is 7, and our youngest, Theodore, is 5 – where did the time go? We spend much of our summers camping at our local lake, and I would love to have you capture some of those precious moments we share together…hiking, swimming, playing, hanging out around the fire.ReplyCancel

March 23, 2015 - 2:37 am

Kirstin -We have a family of four and would love to capture the spirit of our family!ReplyCancel

March 23, 2015 - 2:48 am

Lisa -I have been so fortunate to have you capture the special moments of our family throughout the last 6 years. I adore all the pictures that you have taken of us as our family has grown and I know they will be our special treasures throughout our lifetime.

Something special that I would love to see you capture (again) is the beautiful, growing, ever-shifting relationships between my children. I love how they love each other. 🙂ReplyCancel

March 23, 2015 - 3:17 am

Jessica-Congratulations, Andrea! I LOVE your work! I would have you capture us… whatever that looks like in a photograph with your creative and thoughtful eye. Beauty in the mundane, that’s your specialty.ReplyCancel

March 23, 2015 - 4:52 am

Melanie Markiwsky -Every moment with family is special. Each moment we’re together, loving, learning, and growing together. To be able to document any particular moment of that, is special 🙂ReplyCancel

March 23, 2015 - 5:31 am

Lucy -Hi Andrea! I’ve been following your professional and personal blogs since “Lila was here’ and I’ve always been so inspired by your style and creativity. I wasn’t sure if this competition was open to those in places as far-flung as Tasmania (Australia) but thought I’d throw my hat into the ring, as coming to Canada and being photographed by you is right there on my ‘One Day..’ list! So, something special about our family that we would like documented… We are a family of five, (our three munchkins are 12, 10 and 7) and while I take lots of photos of them, my husband and I are never in the picture – I’m always the one behind the camera and he is the camera-shy one. This wasn’t always the case, but after my husband was critically injured and badly burned in a car accident almost four years ago, his injuries left him unable to operate or even hold a camera and with no inclination to be in a photograph anymore, even with his children. I would love to have even just one photo of our ‘party of five’ captured by you, to celebrate that we are 5, because things could have turned out very differently.ReplyCancel

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